Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-21
DAILY HERALD.
THE CONTEST.
why the City was not Hedis'
erfcted Before the Election.

Congressional contest oil d. Lyncn vs.
General VIM. Vandever was continued
yesterday before Captain w. d. Sea-
mans.
w. A. Hammel testified that he was
. Deputy Constable and was at the
White House precinct on election day.
He saw no disposition on the part OF the
officers to delay voting. He saw Bilder'
rAiu, Abbott and Mendibles put men in
line and watch them until they voted.
He also saw men walk away from the
polls with them and over to the clothing
store. When they came out the voters
were put back in line. One OF these
men was q tramp named Jimmy. Men
dibIes watched this man until he depos-
itsd his ballot. Bilderrain had on a
linen duster, but witness could not see
what he had in it. He could hear the
iingling of money. The voting went
along as fast as possible.
Cross s.examined--There were twenty.
five or thirty men in line when voted,
early in the day. The line was the
longest in the afternoon. 1t went
around into Commercial street. George
e. Gard was running on the Republican
ticket. l had no money. If l gave a
man ticket and told him to get into the
lin, l did not watch him. Was not
hurting myself to get votes. nor the
marty, I hope. The fret time saw
Jimmy he was in the county Jail. He
wss registered, and entitled to vote,
guess. / saw him vote, and if thought
he had no right to vote might have ar
rested him. Do not think that tramps
voted the Republican ticket. They
might have done so.
deputy county Tax Collector and was at
the White House precinct five or six
times during election day. There was
nothing unusual going on tending to de-
lay the voting. He saw nothing outside
of the polls which was peculiar He did
not see Bilderrain doing anything more
than any other worker. The voting
was carried on just as fast as at any
other precinct in the city.
Cross. xamined. There were thirty
or forty people in line. think the pre-.
ciuct ought to have been divided into
tao precincts. The Democratic workers
did not seem to work harder than those
who labored for the Republican party.
Milton Lindley testified that he was a
member of the Board of Supervisors in
1856 and aided in 6xipg the limits of the
precincts of this city. The Board
Thought there ought to be some change
In the boundaries ef precincts. There
were two pre- cncts they knew were too
large, the White House and the Turn
verein precincts. They determined to
cut them in two and so they did. There
was no party feeling in redistricting the
city. Mr.. Lynch, Mr.. Bilderrain and
Captain Thorn went before the Board
and wanted the eight precincts made
into fifteen. 1t was too late in the day
and the members all thought fifteen pre-
cincts were too many.
.. Cross-examined. They appeared la
ter than the 18th of September. Do
not know the number of votes in 1854
nor the vote of 1856 in the White
House precinct. Did not take any par
ticular steps to find out about the pre-
cincts. Did not send for the School
Marshal to obtain information. Did no,
60 out to see how the lines as suggested
by Messrs. Lynch and Bilderrain woulc
affect the situation.
Theodore Summerland testified thai
~he was an insurance agent and voted a.
the White House precinct about IL
O'Clock. There was line of fifty OF
sixty, and it took him twenty minutes to
vote. There was no obstruction, SO far
as he noticed. Witness was challenger
at the Court House precinct. He chal.
1enged six or seven who were put in line
by P. Dornaleche.
s-examined-Can not remember
any OF the names of the parties 1 chal-
lenged. Cannot remember the names of
those parties P. Dornaleche put in line.
Recess until P. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Walter Moore testified that he was
Chief Engineer of the Fire Department.
He was at the polls of the White House
precinct at different times. He had
challenged several times, but was not
the regular challenger of the party. He
had ordered men to leave the line be-
cause he believed they were repeaters
II he felt sure that man was not en-
titled to vote he told him he would have
him arrested. He saw no Republicans
putting dummies into the line. He pu,
nobody but voters in the line. The
White House precinct was noted fol
having considerable corruption during
elections A person who wanted
to sell his vote generally hunted
up that precinct. On election
days there were always workers who
fixed the voters, by seeing that the
ticket was properly folded. etc. Solo.
mons tailorshop was used as place
where voters were fixed. When man
came along whom they could buy they
took hin in the tailorshop and fixed
him. The Abbott family were there
working and also the late County Assess.
or Bilderrain. In 1854 about 900 votes
were polled at the White House pre-
cinct. If the precinct had been divided
at the election of 1856 it would been
worth from one to two hundred votes
to the Republicans. Voting went along
on the last election day better than
usual at the precinct.
Cfoss-Examined-Bo political par.
ties had workers at the precinct. Joe
Manning was there and active, so were
Hsmmel and Gard. They were anxious
to have the Republicans vote. K. A.
Ling was there also.
Oscar Macy testified that he lived in
the First Ward and was Chairman of
the Board of Supervisors in 1886 when
the city was redistricted. A petition
had been received from the people of
East Los Angeles for precinct of their
own. This was granted and it was
Thought that this division would make
the White House precinct smaller. In
making up those precincts there was no |
disposition to divide the city so as to
favor either party. He recollected some
parties coming and asking for fifteen
precincts, but the Board of Supervisors
did not see the necessity of changing at
chat time, After the changes were
made there was no complaint made until